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Cyberlin 2024
04:19
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Out on your own, the city lights feel brighter
And you can tell the night is coming
By the people you meet
Lacking experience, forever trying hard
you came to the city of aimless souls
Out in the city's veins, as the night comes alive
and you'll begin to live along the city's pulse
To protect and to serve Is your deed and your life
Feeling that you're made for Cyberlin
CHORUS:
Welcome to the city, now you're way out of line
You may look pretty, but that won't be of any help
Down In the Matrix
among Black Ice and crazy entities
It's a capital you know
It's a capital you wish you'll never leave anymore
Repeat CHORUS
Choice will be yours in time
And when your turn has come
You know it's the job of your life, worth dying for
With your back against the wall
You face the fact, you know that you're trapped
Repeat CHORUS (2x)
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2. |
Too Old To Be Shy
03:36
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Are you looking for a blues of a man getting by
It's still a little early but I'll try to comply
If you'd asked me for my story I'd make no sound
A wrong beginning with no end
or the other way round
She comes around the corner
when you least expect
My feet nailed to the ground I can't react
This ain't the stuff dreams are made of
it's haunting me at night it's so hard
CHORUS:
But I'm still breathing
Though I can't believe it I am still alive
One would think by now I'm too old to be shy
I made my choice and took the plunge
for good or bad
It could've been the best time I ever had
I stepped right up to her but no words came out
It's killing me but I can't do without
CHORUS
One of these days will see me coming out
another time, another chance, no doubt
Just right now it's more than I can take
I'm sure she's waiting for the next move I'll make
CHORUS
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Vampires!
03:52
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How come you talk without a sound
Thought we're walking on common ground
No noise in this room so it may seem
Hoping you'll be the one to redeem yourself
Redeem yourself, baby
It's not a question of good or bad
or evil or everything else left unsaid
Get a move, regain your social grace
or else be gone without a trace
This time it seems you crossed the line
now you're the one to blame for being left behind
I see asking eyes but it all depends
Your next life might bring you a second chance
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4. |
Whistle in the Dark
04:09
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Communication lines are thrown
To bridge the gap between
your confusion and mine
I didn't know this before
With your defensive stance
How can you live if you don't open up a little more
It's the same old song: Denying reality!
If you're too scared of getting hurt
I'm sorry to say nothing will help at all
Though you'll be fine in time; look at me now!
With my defences down, your words still ring
and make me recall my tale
My arms still open wide
So much for getting hurt I guess!
CHORUS:
Whistle in the dark, and carry on
Whistle in the dark, there is nothing wrong, no no
How can you still live on? How long will you go on?
Repeat CHORUS
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5. |
Should I Leave?
03:40
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She said that nothing's over
And forever too big a word
Can you believe I told her
My words went as if unheard
If you said I kept things running
then that would be a lie
I don't want to start condemning
It would end up eye for an eye
CHORUS:
I was fooling myself all along
The world is coming down but I will be strong
Tell me, should I leave?
What makes me think and wonder
eyes showing no concern
What is the side she's on now?
It seems there one's more bridge to burn
CHORUS
Can you forget what has been,
can you forgive what's done?
Just when it started seeming
that we had hit the spot dead on
Repeat CHORUS
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6. |
Anywhere
03:37
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Feel the silence swell,
covering all the sounds of the outside world. Witness existence fading out
See the lights grow dim,
While all the shades of grey take control
Until they rule the world
CHORUS:
Is it good to fear? Is this close too near?
I cannot hide anywhere
More than I can bear, shadows everywhere
Wherever I am, anywhere
And you hear a call
Movement caught in the corner of your eye
In the realm between wake and dream
Then you raise to meet a guest of ancient breed
You know you're just a pawn
You wish there was someone to fight against
Repeat CHORUS
Is this close too near?
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7. |
Don't You Ever
04:03
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Somehow I'm not surprised
It took you nine years to realise
Clocks ticking out of time
You've jumped the years and now
you stand before me and cry
You could spend a lifetime's worth
Just looking back, but that's all history by now
I had to tell you one day your time is up!
CHORUS:
Don't you ever think that times have changed
and distance is a healer
Don't you ever see things are the way they are
and time has come to step aside
I've got to choose the sides
drop neutrality and besides
It feels like suicide
to stand in your way when you're
heading down your tracks
Destruction's imminent,
Your motives still incoherent
That's all history by now
I had to tell you one day your time is up!
Repeat CHORUS
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I don't see no fire, when the lights go down
with your eyes upon me
You don't take me higher than I've been before
without you beside me
So who you call a a liar?
You'll always want more, get your eyes off me now
That's another story you know
it seems you've had enough and it shows by now
CHORUS:
A single spark is not enough, this can't be love
It needs more than a single spark
It gotta feel like running through burning woods
Can't you keep your thoughts for you
They're all over the place, though I didn't ask you
While you're making up your mind
Another day is gone and soon I'll be, too
Repeat CHORUS
No, no no, it's not enough,
can't you come up with anything stronger?
‘Cause you know I'm far too old
to live with this much longer
The woods still stand now
if you could avert your gaze and shift your focus
Firestarter failed to ignite, don't be amazed
there's no future before us
Repeat CHORUS
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9. |
Who Am I?
04:49
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Who are you to decide when to go?
'Cause now it's my turn to tell you so
Shedding apathy and agony temporarily
Can anyone make you smile?
Not the one who shared your life for a while
Now that I feel less insecure
I'll live more than before
CHORUS
Who am I... where am I?
Take a look and see the world still in place
It's always gonna be
Who am I... but now I have made up my mind
Go ahead and pretend I'm to blame
Points in time that never show
waiting for the fatal blow I know
Call it injury or wear, let's just keep it there
Who would like to make you stay?
Who would understand the words I say
When I join the crowd and shout out loud
Hear me!
Repeat CHORUS
Who will notice that you're gone
And who's gonna help when you're all alone
And when you're drowning in despair
No one will care, lady!
Repeat CHORUS
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10. |
Cyberlin 2000
04:25
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Out on your own, the city lights feel brighter
And you can tell the night is coming
By the people you meet
Lacking experience, forever trying hard
you came to the city of aimless souls
Out in the city's veins, as the night comes alive
and you'll begin to live along the city's pulse
To protect and to serve Is your deed and your life
Feeling that you're made for Cyberlin
CHORUS:
Welcome to the city, now you're way out of line
You may look pretty, but that won't be of any help
Down In the Matrix
among Black Ice and crazy entities
It's a capital you know
It's a capital you wish you'll never leave anymore
Repeat CHORUS
Choice will be yours in time
And when your turn has come
You know it's the job of your life, worth dying for
With your back against the wall
You face the fact, you know that you're trapped
Repeat CHORUS (2x)
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